I noticed a similar guide wrap about 6 months ago & liked it very much. I've now use it on two of my last four rods. I like this wrap for it's simplicity, particularly if the rod already has a decorative butt wrap, I also like to include the main butt wrap colour in the guide binding. The rod is a samurai NV7 6-8kg, will go with a shimano bait runner, to be used for float line f
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hooked up to spottie.
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they don't grow to the size of spanish mackerel, 3-5kg is an average size. Great fun to catch by casting metal slugs/lures into a school. Rod used for this fish is my shakespear ugly (rod build number 7)with about 8kg line. Also a good table fish. cheers r.
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A target species, they fight well and are excellent eating. Fishing wide of 1770/Agnes Water. r.
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My first wrap. roz
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This is my seventh butt wrap, happy with the colours although I am still mainly using 'C' thread until my skill level improves. Cheers roz.
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decided to rebuild an old rod. I've been doing cross wraps for over twelve months now & becoming confident enough to try expanding on an old favourite the 'fish' pattern.
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One of my favourite fish, usually caught towing dead or live baits. I favour a 10-15kg fast tapering rod 6' .
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another angle. Have yet to finish the rolling. Also a BIG thankyou to those who passed on their advice, I will be buying one of those cheese slicers in the coming week. In the mean time I am making do with a packing tool. r.
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bit late posting an opinion on how to resolve a common problem, try WD40 if you gt it over there, let it soak over night, if that does not work, next try pouring hot water over the ferrule then try and pull apart, this will quite often work and does not impact on any metal components. cheers roz.
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I wouldn't be without Visual Wrap on 8 axis wraps. I admire anyone who achieves multi axis patterns without it. However, I still like to draw up a template & work out the layout points on graph paper. I was originally taught this by Pete (volvo). And YES, I've been emailed the information re tools & finishing methods. This is a big help. cheers roz:)
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Bill Stevens Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Roz your work will not take much advancement to > get it to the top of the heap. One thing that > would astound you is to watch the rolling > technique used by some of the Dark Side Weavers. > To say simply burnish the thread carefully will > not do justice to their techniqus. They have >
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Hi All, I've recently posted some photos of a cross wrap "scales green" in thread art. I've received some great responses and support which is truely appreciated!!! One helpful reply was posted by James Labanowski (thankyou James), it suggested "rolling the threads", as this will achieve a smoother finish by helping to remove the small gaps. What tool is used for th
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IMO unless it's a very light weight rod, I would be using 'C'. A lot easier to handle, if one is new to binding guides etc. Just practice a little first, you WILL get the hang of it........ it can be frustrating in the beginning. Maintaining even thread tension is important & you will pick that up in no time at all. To achieve a good smooth finish it also pays to find yourself a 'packing
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